Elon Musk Is Removing The Block Feature On X / Twitter

Elon Musk confirms that X will now allow users to see posts from people who have blocked them on X.

Updated during a recent reply, Musk stated that the “block function will block that account from engaging with, but not block seeing, public posts.”

This feature change further opens up the X platform to more visibility with what users can consume even from blocked accounts.

Previously, when a user was blocked on X by another user, they were met with the “You’re blocked” message.

This message meant that the user in question was restricted from viewing any of the other user’s posts, replies, media, or profile details.

The block feature took away access to everything from the user blocked online. However, this will no longer be the case.

X Blocked users will still see content on your page

However, the new change on how blocking someone on X means, that blocked users will still be able to see the public content of the accounts that blocked them.

The twist with the new adjustment is that, although blocked users will view publicly shared content from the blocking account, they won’t be able to engage with it.

Nevertheless, according to an unverified source at X, the change is based on the idea that blocked users could still view posts using another account.

Alternatively, one could also access content from a blocked account while logged off the platform.

According to the source, the best way to work around this loophole was to allow users to still view content from an account a user is blocked from.

Musk has always hated the block feature

It is not news that Elon Musk is not a huge fan of the block feature which he viewed as making less to no sense.

Musk has gone on to express his opposition to the block feature in the past, stating that it “makes no sense.”

Nevertheless, he has suggested that the block feature should be replaced by a “stronger form of mute.”

However, it is unclear as to what option meets his criteria of a “stronger form of mute” other than the block feature.